3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Aroma of dark, but smooth malts, chocolate, rye and slightly roasted. Black coloured with a brown, medium, lasting head. Taste is sweet, malty. Bread with butter and chocolate and some coffee. Bit sticky. Decent stout.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Black coloured brew. Aroma is chocolate, very chocolate. Nice aroma. Smooth taste, dark, burned chocolate malts. It’s not a bad brew. Nice one.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: AUG 24, 2005 Bottle (12oz). Pours like motor oil, a touch red but mostly black, black, black. A skim of mocha head which laced some, but who cares - it smells divine. Heavy chocolate, dark roasted, almost burnt malts, blackstrap molasses, a touch of sourness (but appropriate) - hints of peat bogs and midnight, eldritch and ancient echoes from the sceptered isle. Maybe some coffee in there. Taste - surprisingly sweet - mocha toffee and rich milk chocolate flavour, just a hint of bitterness, some vanilla and maybe even cassis - rich, but not as thick a mouthfeel as I was expecting. Not a disappointment exactly, but was expecting to almost chew it based on the pour and aroma. The finish is more reflective, darker, not as sweet - the tinge of sourness and bitterness comes through at the end. As it warms in the goblet, it gets sweeter, more mellow and creamy. Very nice - I’ll pick up more next time in Buffalo.
3.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Very good. Nice black color, and tan head. Malty notes, are available, in the smell. very drinkable, and very good for any pleasure.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours black with a thin tan head. Aroma is of chocolate and roasted malt. Very enjoyable.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Opaque. The nose is subtle chocolate/roastiness with a predominant lactose, dairy aroma on the top. There is a good, mellow, roasty flavor that lingers nicely. My nose is a little stuffed up but this is drinkable. A little thin on the palate for the style. Pretty good.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours midnight black with a foamy, chocolate milk colored head about an index finger thick. The head doesn’t last long & settles quickly into a sticky lacing. The aroma reminds me of Nestles Quik chocolate syrup more than anything else. Taste is unexpectedly light for a stout, and again dominated by choclate. Sweet tasting, the sweetness almost completely obscures any stout-like bitterness. Nice mouthfeel, a bit of creaminess. I can only liken this to drinking choclate milk with a head on it. Not bad at all, just not what I was expecting. It’s almost dessert-like. I’d have it again, but more as an after dinner sipper than an after work drink.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
A dark rich stout that is full of flavo. This is a very easy drinking stout, smooth to the last drop. Sweet with chocolate and coffee hint. This one I will drink again.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Nice dark color but not much of a head. Sweet and smoky stout flavor. Very rich mouthfeel but a weak, thin finish due to the high lactose level. Okay for its style.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Just had a taste of this one. Great depth, flavour, loads of roasty malt flavours but so much more depth there. A nice sweetness to go along with it. Huge tan head which seemed to last and last.
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